Job overview
Could this be you? The individual to complement our existing team of highly skilled dermatology professionals?
We are looking for a Consultant Dermatologist to work across both sites with the teams to support the redesign and transformation of the dermatology service to ensure an integrated community service across Suffolk and North Essex.
We are keen to attract people who are interested in developing and supporting other staff through the Specialist Doctor Development Programme and the Nurse Practitioner Trainees as well as developing General Practitioners to undertake hospital/community sessions.
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Main duties of the job
1. Take and share the consultant clinical responsibilities within the department. The precise allocation of session time will be agreed with consultant colleagues, but it is envisaged that there will be 1 OPD operating procedure sessions and 4 OPD sessions per week
2. Share in the rota of consultant cover for emergency work (in working hours only for ward emergency reviews), and provide cover for colleagues during leave and other authorised absences
3. Supervise nurse-led clinics within the department
4. Providing management advice for GPs where appropriate
The consultant job plan will be based on a 10 PA contract. This will be built with DCC and SPA. Within this, 5 PA out of the 8 PA are spent doing procedure or clinic sessions, PA MDT and 2 PA doing DCC (clinical admin work, ward rounds and supervising others doing work). Options for part time work are available and will be discussed on an individual basis
Working for our organisation
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provides hospital and community health care. We serve a wide geographical area with a population approaching 800,000 residents. We deliver care services from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals, high street clinics and in patients’ own homes. We have nearly 10,000 staff, with an annual budget of over £650 million. We are the largest NHS organisation in the East Anglia.
We are building for better care with an exciting capital development programme across our sites – totalling £100million over the next five years.
We are building a new elective orthopaedic centre for ESNEFT at Colchester Hospital. It will be one of the biggest centres in the country and will ensure we can retain complex and low volume cases locally for the people we serve.
We are also now building a £7million specialist interventional radiology and cardiac angiography unit at Colchester.
At Ipswich we are investing £35million in a new Emergency Department and co-located Urgent Treatment Centre, with additional diagnostic imaging kit (MRI and CT). There’s a £5.3million molecular diagnostic laboratory soon to open at Ipswich, and works begins soon for a new Breast Care Centre and a Children’s Unit.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Dermatology Department spans across both hospital sites, in Ipswich we have a dedicated area of the hospital, with 8 clinic rooms, 2 minor operating theatres and consultant office space. There is an additional separate area for patch testing, phototherapy and PDT. The unit has its own dedicated administrative, medical and nursing staff. Following the allocation of £69m Capital Funds to ESNEFT, there are plans to relocate the unit to a more central and modern area of the hospital site as part of the Trust’s Estates Strategy. In Colchester following the successful bid to deliver the service we are running services from the newly redesigned Primary Care Centre.
Our Dermatology team is part of the MSK and Specialist Surgery Division and is proud of its aspirant and encouraging atmosphere. The team has particularly excellent results in skin cancer outcomes, working alongside an acclaimed Oncology department.
Person specification
Education, Qualifications and Special Training
Essential criteria
5. Entry on the GMC specialist register in Dermatology or be eligible for entry (within six months of attaining Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training) at the time of interview
6. MRCP or equivalent
7. Full GMC registration
Desirable criteria
8. MD or PhD
Knowledge & Skills
Essential criteria
9. Broad knowledge and experience of medical and surgical dermatology including management of acute dermatoses
Desirable criteria
10. A particular interest and expertise in skin cancer diagnosis and treatment
Experience
Essential criteria
11. Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCST in Dermatology
12. Ability to offer an expert opinion on the full range of dermatological problems
13. Ability to take full an independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients
14. Ability to safely oversee and share care of patients with chronic skin problems with nursing and other staff
Desirable criteria
15. Supervised training in an appropriate SpR training programme or equivalent
Teaching and Training
Essential criteria
16. Ability to work with and supervise non-career grade staff, registrars and specialist nurses
17. Ability to teach clinical skills
Desirable criteria
18. Experience of teaching clinical skills to undergraduates
19. Ability to supervise research
Management & Audit Training
Essential criteria
20. Ability to assist in the efficient and smooth running of the Dermatology service
21. Ability to organise and manage day to day service delivery out-patient priorities and dermatological surgery lists
22. Ability to manage and lead strategic developments in service delivery
23. Experience of audit and evidence based management of clinical problems
24. Ability and willingness to work within the Trust and NHS performance framework and targets
Research & Publications
Essential criteria
25. Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
26. Publications in peer reviewed journals
Desirable criteria
27. Ability to supervise research projects
Personal Skills & Qualities
Essential criteria
28. Caring attitude to patients
29. Good personal interactive communications skills: clarity of expression and purpose
30. The ability to work as a team member
31. Acceptance of management and administrative duties by working within a structured hospital team for the greater good
32. Commitment to Continuing Medical Education and the requirements of Clinical Governance
Desirable criteria
33. Has the ability to travel between clinical sites during the course of duties
Appraisal
Essential criteria
34. To have training and experience in appraisal systems